Hi Rick,
not sure what you mean by "normal" PC. I use a 2019 Mac Pro 16 core machine, running Catalina 10.15.7. Smooth as buttah.
I bought the panels separately with the thin metal frame to connect them together, and have them on my desktop next to my trackpad and keyboard. The FAE is the standalone/desktop version. Because I will probably end up with additional panels and have nowhere to put the (100+kg) frame they offer, this seemed like a better option for now. In my previous studio I had built my own custom furniture to hold my gear, currently in storage while Covid-19 rages and I work from home instead.
With the announcement of v17 I also ordered a Speed Editor, which is small enough that it should find room on my desk as well. My main focus is sound, so it's more for my own exploration into the world of picture editing and small personal projects.
Totally understand wanting to see and try it out first, it's not a small investment. I was lucky in that BMD has an office here in Los Angeles so I was given a comprehensive tour of the system. I also considered Avid S3 (or a few S1s), as it would work with multiple software. Not as tightly integrated with Resolve, but basic functionality should work. The quality (IMHO) was not the same as the BMD hardware, and while I don't use ProTools (probably the only guy in Hollywood that doesn't, lol!) it would have been handy with several other audio software packages I use regularly.
As a long time Nuendo user, I also checked out and wanted to like the Nuage system, but it too fell short in comparison to the Fairlight system. It's kind of like with the software, they both will do pretty much the same thing, but the way in which operations are structured and the paradigm they present is quite different. For my brain and way of working, Fairlight seems much more intuitive and straightforward (for the most part - there are of course exceptions!), and I was only introduced to it a few years ago, have slowly been learning it and transitioning more and more of my work over to it. (Again, thanks @Reynaud!)
You might want to look up some videos on YouTube for Xynergy (the previous incarnation of the FAE), there are a few out there, as well as an older Australian/British video about the CC-2 if I'm not mistaken that also covered a lot of what the hardware system is capable of. All old, but the modern system does much the same, and they are working on adding features that are still missing from what the old system was able to do.
From what I've been told, BMD has updated and modernized the hardware to improve upon the original Fairlight designs. So it's mostly the same, but enhanced.
Hope this helps!
Rick van den Berg wrote:Hi tlegvold,
That's pretty cool to hear.
Do you use it in combination with a "normal" pc setup? So with the panels sitting on you desk next to your keyboard/mouse or whatever, or is it like in the product pictures with the panels build in the dedicated desk? My goal is to have one system where i do both the video edit and the audio.
@reynaud, The manual gives me very specific information about certain buttons and it is useful. But i wanna see it in practice to give me a better feeling about it. I'm gonna give it a good read anyway, thanks for pointing me there.
problem is that there is no reseller here that can help me with a trial session. I contacted a few, and the products are not in stock, and there is no real knowledge. I don't really have a problem with blind dates, but this would be a blind marriage ^^
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:34 pm